Start-up Nation and 10 Israel-related Headlines, Week of November 1, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions, SaaS, VC, Video, Web2.0, cloud computing
During the week of November 1, 2009, financial software company, Finjan was acquired by M86. The Cleantech Group ranked Israel number 5 in its list of top10 cleantech countries of 2009 and Start-up Nation, Saul Singer and Dan Senor’s analysis of Israel’s economic success, was released (headlines below video).
Cleantech
1. The top 10 cleantech countries of 2009
2. The 2010 Eilat Eilot Renewable Energy Conference Looks To Carbon-Free Energy
3. Israeli firms aim to plug world’s water leaks
Investment
4. M86 Security Buys Finjan
6. Local VCs cut investment in start-ups
Information Technology
7. How Cloud Computing Has Transformed Small Business Software (SAManage)
8. Global from Day One: MoodBase knows what the web is feeling
Miscellaneous
9. Israeli film ‘Ajami’ wins at Montpellier festival
10. JNF aims to turn Israel diamonds from rough to ready
Clarizen and Kaltura in IDC’s top 10 Innovative Applications Companies Under $100M to Watch
Filed under: IT management, Information Technology, SaaS, Uncategorized, Video, Web2.0, cloud computing, open source, virtualization
Israeli companies Kaltura and Clarizen have been included in IDC’s top 10 innovative applications companies under $100M to watch.
According to IDC chosen companies were identified based on whether they exemplified one or more of three key trends in applications today, which the company cited in January 2009 to be:
- Acceleration of software as a service (SaaS), business process outsourcing (BPO), and open source over traditional on-premise software
- New business models for software use by service providers (software-within-a-service)
- Web 2.0-like functionality moves into the enterprise (e2.0).
Clarizen is a project management software company that allows contributors to edit at the same time and for the changes to be visible immediately to anyone involved on the project. Last week it reported that it gained over 100 new customers in Q3. Clarizen is headquartered in Israel with its US headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Kaltura, according to its site, is “the first open source video platform for online video management, creation, interaction & collaboration.” Earlier today it was listed as one of 49 hot new open source applications on Earthweb.com as a video tool. The company has an R&D center in Israel.
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